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Umemoto Madoka announced her graduation from SKE48 during their stage performance at the Sunshine Sakae Theater on February 3rd. Ume-chan explained that she wanted to be closer to her dreams. She also talked about her insterest in motorsport and F1.

It's kind of hard to believe, but FUNimation's home video release of Evangelion 3. 33: You Can (Not) Redo is officially out in the wild. To celebrate its arrival on Blu-ray and DVD, FUNimation posted a new trailer featuring the English dub.

Hatsune Miku has been a staple for Good Smile Company's many figure lines, the most common and well-known of which are their Nendoroid figures of the virtual diva. Now, GSC is attempting to make Nendoroid Miku be able to both sing AND dance, thank...

Square Enix released the latest trailer for Dissidia Final Fantasy, featuring Final Fantasy Tactics' protagonist Ramza Beoulve. Ramza will be available in Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcade on February 4, 2016.

The dangerously sexy Ahri of the world renowned League of Legends has continued to charm fans as another cosplay for the foxy maiden has emerged, replete with numerous fluffy tails bound to have the more desperate onlookers wishing that kemonomimi...

These are not fan art. You are looking at the official anime-style drawings of many of the major Harry Potter characters. As Get News reports, Warner Bros. Japan has officially licensed these illustrations for a series of Harry Potter goods that w...

"Bananya" is a character brand featuring strange cats hiding in bananas, made its debut in Japanese market last year. It is produced by Osaka-based stationery manufacturer Q-lia, which has been famous for its other character brands such as Shizuku...

Singer-songwriter Ayaka held a special live at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on the day of her 10th debut anniversary, February 1. Ayaka kicked off the live with her hit song "Mikazuki". During her first MC segment, she said, "It's already been 10 years.

A bunch of new details for the Twin Star Exorcists anime-which adapts the manga of the same name by Yoshiaki Sukeno-is surfacing in the March issue of Jump Square magazine. First up is the announcement that the TV anime will premiere this April.

Featured Posts Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - 04 Well it seems like I have to eat my words as Yakumo is quite the ladies man. Which is odd when he clearly doesn't have any interest in interacting with women.

Editorial disclosure: two regular Anime News Network contributors worked on this disc, Mike Toole and Justin Sevakis. Neither were involved with nor consulted on this review in any capacity. Night on the Galactic Railroad is an adaptation of a pop...

By Sato . February 2, 2016 . 4:00am Koei Tecmo shared the latest details on Toukiden 2, their upcoming open-world action title, in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine. [Thanks, Hachima. ] One of the biggest changes for the hunting game sequel is...

While details are short at the moment, it has been confirmed that Grant Gustin, the title character of The Flash on The CW, will be making a crossover appearance on the CBS series Supergirl. With both characters sharing not only comic heritage com...

When we last visited the year 0079 of the Universal Century, the crew of the White Base had settled quite comfortably into their new roles as part of the Earth Federation Army, striking numerous victories against the Principality of Zeon with Amur...

The March issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine will be revealing on Thursday that Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi manga will end in the magazine's April issue, which ships on March 4. The magazine also notes that the manga's current seven vo...

Watch: Fans pay tribute to Alan Rickman at Universal Studios in Orlando They're seeing something new from the Harry Potter franchise and they just stand there looking completely at peace. Filled with merpeople, hippogriffs and dragons, the new Har...

Aqua and Megumin from the anime adaptation of Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima's Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Give Blessings to This Wonderful World! ) light novel series has been featured as a double page spread in the March 2016 is...

These days, there are plenty of those monthly box subscription services where you a box of some nice assorted themed items every month or so but the quality of the products in those boxes may be hit or miss at times.

Anime fans be happy! SOZO the company behind the Anime Festival Asia brand of event has announced the upcoming series of events slated for 3 of the major economies in South East Asia, namely Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.

While it doesn't seem like SEGA have any plans for 7th Dragon (DS), 7th Dragon 2020 (PSP) or 7th Dragon 2020-II (PSP), the company have confirmed they are extending their localisation plans of Japanese video games by releasing 7th Dragon III Code:...

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I recently bought a new pair of office slippers! Though I really liked my last pair so it was quite a difficult change! Anyway! Today I'm going to be taking a look at these two WonFes products!

In 2005, Namco Games introduced an arcade game which would go on to later revolutionize the idol genre, not only in games, but in anime as well. That game was called The iDOLM@STER, and with the latest game, Platinum Stars, now being slated for re...

Japanese snack manufacturers Calbee has had quite a good relationship with superstar seiyuu, Nana Mizuki. Recently they announced that they are releasing a brand new potato chip flavor in her honor, and it is inspired by a curry developed by Nana ...

Marvelous shared the latest trailer for their upcoming brawler Uppers by Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki, showcasing two of its playable characters in Max Guren Heart and Nagi Shiraishi. The video starts out with a look at Max Guren Heart,...

Have you ever noticed the way some people are able to learn languages effortlessly, getting to fluency faster with pen & paper than others do with a bag-full of textbooks and a phone-full of learning apps?

Tokuma Japan has posted a live performance clip of "Hajimaritai Kanon" from 24-year-old anime voice actress/singer Riho Iida's upcoming first live DVD/Blu-ray "R⁵(rippi-rippi-rippi-rough-ready)" to be released on February 24 on its official YouTub...

Every February, the city of Sapporo hosts its annual Snow Festival, where sculptors from all over the world gather to show off their brilliant snow sculptures. Since 2010, Hatsune Miku has played a huge part in the festival as Snow Miku, and last ...

Red-hot Japanese girls rock band BAND-MAID will make their American live performance debut at Seattle's Sakura-Con in March 2016. The five-member group has made waves over the past few months for their cute, authentic maid outfits combined with th...

Figure maker Good Smile Company have revealed their latest masterpiece, Homura Akemi from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. This gorgeous 1/8th scale figure is based on the original key visual for the movie, originally illustrated by character designer ...